Super7 Ultimates Wave 3 Gives us Another Non-Transforming Tarn and Alligaticon

Wednesday, December 1st, 2021 8:31pm CST

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Once again official third parties do what Hasbro refuses to, just not transformable. At this point Hasbro will probably never give us a proper transforming Tarn figure despite his popular IDW stories and his visage now being all over the Cyberverse animated series, but at least we can get the next best official thing from Super7. The new Ultimate Tarn stands at a 7" scale (roughly the size of a Voyager) meaning he should work well with the modern Transformers scale. He includes an alternate unmasked head, a spare mask "prop", double canon, a bunch of hands and, most importantly, Nickle with her backpack. Could this open the door to more DJD members? Probably not, but it's still a good looking figure.

Meanwhile we never got that easy Titans Return Skullsmasher repaint into Alligaticon, the misassembled monsters made from Optimus Prime's parts from the G1 cartoon episode "City of Steel". This will be our first official Alligaticon figure, but he'll also include Prime's severed head, the tower Prime's arm was mounted to, and a Decepticon battle taxi, bet you thought we'd never get a figure of that!

The wave wraps up with less obscure G2 Megatron featuring both his G1 and G2 canons, extra hands, swappable blue and gray faces, a bunch of hands and many weapons straight out of the G2 comic. Then there's Wreck-Gar who comes with his cartoon and toy heads, cartoon and toy axes, Energon treats, a mini TV for Earth broadcasts, wax and cloth for detailing Ultra Magnus, gun wheel shields.

Ultimates wave 3 is expected to be out third quarter of 2022 and cost around $55 each. You can pick these up and just about any of our site sponsors. Big thanks to Seibertronians D-Maximal_Primal via email and AcademyofDrX on the Energon Pub Forums for letting us know.

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Re: Super7 Ultimates Wave 3 Gives us Another Non-Transforming Tarn and Alligaticon (2122308)
Posted by Bumblevivisector on December 2nd, 2021 @ 12:21am CST

And here I just recently tracked down a Junkion Blacksmith Optimus Prime headmaster to fully turn my Poison Dragon Skullcruncher KO into a "What if the Autobots had just decided to roll with Alligatormus Prime?" custom. Of course the colors don't quite match, and he's not complete until I find that Matrix sticker and put it under his tech-spec cover.

I was hoping one of G2 Megs' accessories would be the protoplasm stripper with an in scale Dr. Biggles Jones. Still might get him though.

Re: Super7 Ultimates Wave 3 Gives us Another Non-Transforming Tarn and Alligaticon (2123023)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on December 9th, 2021 @ 7:34pm CST

While it is disappointing that Tarn gets yet another non-transforming figure, I am looking forward to that set. For one thing, I finally get Nickel, meaning my Scavengers literally will only need a Fulcrum. And for another, a non-transforming Tarn will go good on the Cyberverse shelf.

The other 3 are also pretty cool. This is a nice assortment

Re: Super7 Ultimates Wave 3 Gives us Another Non-Transforming Tarn and Alligaticon (2123030)
Posted by AcademyofDrX on December 9th, 2021 @ 9:25pm CST

NICKEL

I'm also excited for Nickel

Re: Super7 Ultimates Wave 3 Gives us Another Non-Transforming Tarn and Alligaticon (2123161)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on December 10th, 2021 @ 8:38pm CST

AcademyofDrX wrote:NICKEL

I'm also excited for Nickel

She truly makes me wonder if we will finally see a Fulcrum in some capacity somewhere, maybe like this

Re: Super7 Ultimates Wave 3 Gives us Another Non-Transforming Tarn and Alligaticon (2127334)
Posted by MaximalNui on February 11th, 2022 @ 7:16pm CST

While I'm glad for a (relatively) more accessible Tarn - with Nickel as a bonus! -, I can't help but be amused that the character portrayed as so addicted to transformation he keeps burning through T-Cogs...has so far only non-transformable figures.

True, that character trait didn't play that big a part after his introduction, but still.

Re: Super7 Ultimates Wave 3 Gives us Another Non-Transforming Tarn and Alligaticon (2127539)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on February 15th, 2022 @ 7:12pm CST

MaximalNui wrote:While I'm glad for a (relatively) more accessible Tarn - with Nickel as a bonus! -, I can't help but be amused that the character portrayed as so addicted to transformation he keeps burning through T-Cogs...has so far only non-transformable figures.

True, that character trait didn't play that big a part after his introduction, but still.

It's torturous. I keep hoping Cyberverse will give us a transforming toy of him. The iron is so strong!

Re: Super7 Ultimates Wave 3 Gives us Another Non-Transforming Tarn and Alligaticon (2127600)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on February 16th, 2022 @ 4:28pm CST

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:
MaximalNui wrote:While I'm glad for a (relatively) more accessible Tarn - with Nickel as a bonus! -, I can't help but be amused that the character portrayed as so addicted to transformation he keeps burning through T-Cogs...has so far only non-transformable figures.

True, that character trait didn't play that big a part after his introduction, but still.

It's torturous. I keep hoping Cyberverse will give us a transforming toy of him. The iron is so strong!

It's over my friend, Cyberverse is over.

Re: Super7 Ultimates Wave 3 Gives us Another Non-Transforming Tarn and Alligaticon (2133751)
Posted by william-james88 on May 17th, 2022 @ 12:40pm CDT

Super7 definitely got the attention of Transformers fans when they announced Transformers Action Masters as part of their Ultimates assortment. While pricey, they made more sense as an update than any other non transforming action figure of Transformers characters. Well, we now have in had images and assessments of all these figures. We have reviews from Toy Bro as well as in hand images from Weibo and a TF fan called analogue. Analogue's pictures of Action Master Bombshell are especially fun since we see a comparison to the G1 Action Master Bombshell which shows us how faithful this updated version is.

This first wave has Action Master Bombshell and Banzaitron as well as Optimus and Starscream.

Re: Super7 Ultimates Wave 3 Gives us Another Non-Transforming Tarn and Alligaticon (2133755)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on May 17th, 2022 @ 12:51pm CDT

Those are basically MP Action Masters.
But the line works very well for pretenders too.

I pre-ordered Bludgeon and I hope a Thunderwing is in the works.

Re: Super7 Ultimates Wave 3 Gives us Another Non-Transforming Tarn and Alligaticon (2133757)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on May 17th, 2022 @ 12:53pm CDT

As I half expected after handling their Voltron figure, these look great and that's about it. Optimus Prime has ZERO playability and can barely move, the RED figure looks better. I just canceled my order at BBTS. I think it's safe to say that Super7 will not be making figures that appeal to Transformer fans on a whole.

Re: Super7 Ultimates Wave 3 Gives us Another Non-Transforming Tarn and Alligaticon (2133768)
Posted by Fires_Of_Inferno on May 17th, 2022 @ 1:31pm CDT

Hell yeah, I want these. I doubt they will, but I would love to see a Treadshot one and put it next to my G1 one!

Re: Super7 Ultimates Wave 3 Gives us Another Non-Transforming Tarn and Alligaticon (2133785)
Posted by william-james88 on May 17th, 2022 @ 4:09pm CDT

-Kanrabat- wrote:Those are basically MP Action Masters.
But the line works very well for pretenders too.

I pre-ordered Bludgeon and I hope a Thunderwing is in the works.

I wouldn't call them MP with their limited articulation.

Re: Super7 Ultimates Wave 3 Gives us Another Non-Transforming Tarn and Alligaticon (2133798)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on May 17th, 2022 @ 4:58pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:Those are basically MP Action Masters.
But the line works very well for pretenders too.

I pre-ordered Bludgeon and I hope a Thunderwing is in the works.

I wouldn't call them MP with their limited articulation.

MP-ish?

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Posted by MaximalNui on May 17th, 2022 @ 5:19pm CDT

Eh, a bit disappointed the Action Master Partners don't work as well as the originals (except Needler, but even he needs partforming), but then again I should've expected it. Hasbro tends to be protective of the whole transformation conversion when it regards to third-party licenses.

Guess I'll save it for Alligaticon and Tarn, then.

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Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on May 17th, 2022 @ 8:38pm CDT

Hmm, unsure on these in hand shots. They look pretty good, but I was hoping for a bit more shoulder movement, and it looks a little weird in person? Starscream in particular came out looking odd.

I plan to get Tarn. I'm still thinking on Banzaitron and Bludgeon, but not sure with the price tag on those ones yet

Re: Super7 Ultimates Wave 3 Gives us Another Non-Transforming Tarn and Alligaticon (2133857)
Posted by Emerje on May 18th, 2022 @ 12:50am CDT

I just want them to look good on a shelf next to other Transformers and I think these will do the part. I pre-ordered ones that I thought would work well at the 7" Voyager height and likely wont get a good figure from Hasbro so Banzaitron, Bludgeon, Tarn, Alligaticon, and Grimlock (who's 9").

Emerje

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Posted by Gauntlet101010 on May 18th, 2022 @ 3:18pm CDT

For me, this line and RED just miss the mark for the most part. Making better Action Masters is a nice idea, but any TF really has to transform.

The Aligaticon is the only one of these kind of figures that's tempting. I have a 3rd party one, though, and I'm happy with that for this kind of character. They'd have to get that level of niche. Maybe I'd get more Quintessons.

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Posted by Bumblevivisector on May 18th, 2022 @ 7:14pm CDT

Loved Banzai-Tron back in the day, but this update screwed up his mouthplate: it's supposed to look like it was carved into a mouth with fangs, emulating some actual samurai armor face guards. This slight inversion would look OK, if someone hadn't missed the point. I was going to get some of these, but now I'll pass unless there's an affordable 3P replacement head for my favorite Action Master.

I LOVE what Super 7 is doing for Thundercats, and the whole ReAction line, but these TFs aren't quite living up to the "Ultimate" moniker.

Re: Super7 Ultimates Wave 3 Gives us Another Non-Transforming Tarn and Alligaticon (2134282)
Posted by AcademyofDrX on May 23rd, 2022 @ 8:32am CDT

I opened up my Banzai-tron, and he's basically exactly what I was looking for, a scaled-up Action Master. The articulation is more limited than I was expecting, but I think that's mostly due to the priority on the sculpt, which I can't find fault with. It still has the basics down, and I'm not planning to do anything too wild with him. I'm only getting one figure per wave, and due to the cost and the figure style, I think that's a good fit for my collection.

For those curious about scale, he's almost exactly the same height as Siege Megatron, just a smidge taller. His humanoid proportions are a little oversized--he has a bigger head, and some of his body segments are larger--so he feels scaled a little bigger even when he's not taller. He'll stand out in a Generations collection for his design much more than for his size.

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Posted by ScottyP on June 9th, 2022 @ 1:01pm CDT

While the first wave of Super7's Transformers Ultimates lineup is hitting collectors' mailboxes now, a fourth wave of this officially licensed, non-transforming action figure line has been revealed. Leaving behind the fun choices in the first three waves which included characters from Action Masters, Pretenders, the Sunbow cartoon and IDW comics, this wave only consists of two G1 repaints and another G1 standard bearer. This decidedly G1 wave will bring collectors a regular version of Starscream, Soundwave and the corpse of Optimus Prime, officially called "Fallen Leader Optimus Prime" just as Super7's Reaction version of the dead Autobot leader is.

As with previous waves, these are "Made-to-Order" figures, but thankfully the pricing continues to hold steady at $55 per figure. Images of the three figures are below, and pre-orders are available now through Super7's website as well as via our site sponsors TFSource, BigBadToyStore, and The Chosen Prime.